Burner box drawer



Dec. 22, 1931. P. l. HOLLMAN ET AL BURNER BOX DRAWER Filed April 9, 1928 Patented Dec. 22, 1931 omrso STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER I. HOLLMANN HJ'ALMER E. THELEN, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO GEO. D. ROIBER CORPORATION, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS BURNER BOX DRAWER Application filed April 9, 1928. Serial No. 268,445.

This invention relates to a drawer for the burner box compartment of gas and electric stoves and ranges, known as a utility drawer for the reason that it serves'as storage space for micellaneous articles used about the kitchen.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a drawer of a simple and economical construction as well as neat appearance, hav- 19 ing guides mounted in the sides of the burner box compartment which, in turn, are ofa very simple and economical construction and are, furthermore, arranged to cooperate with slides formed on the sides of the drawer in such a way that the drawer operates smoothly and noiselessly and with minimum effort, and is very rigidly supported even when pulled out almost all the way.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front view of a stove equipped with a drawer in the burnerbox compartment in accordance with our invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the burner box compartment showing the drawer pulled out;

' Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional detail taken on the line3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the left hand rear corner of the drawer partly broken away to show the-slide portion formed 011 the side thereof.

The same reference numerals are applied to corresponding parts throughout the views. The stoveillustrated is ofthe ordinary cabinet type having a double oven section 5 and a burner top section 6 at one side there: of. The usual burner tray 7 is provided be"- neath the top-section in the burner box compartment 8'. The manifold pipe and the burners for the top section Gare not shown;

The'tray 7' isslidably supported onstrips '9 provided'on the oven sidewall 10 and the end wall 11 which form the sides of the-burner box compartment, there being a bottom 12 and back wall 13 suitably joined to the base band 14. A- drawer lain-accordance with our intervention, is slidablymounted inthe burner box compartment beneath the tray 7, known as a utllity drawer for the reason that it provides a handy place for the storage of miscellaneous articles of kitchenware.

16, arranged to be suitably enameled to 4 match the rest of the stove, and provided with a handle 17. The side and bottom flanges 18 and 19, respectively, are arranged to be bolted, or otherwise suitablysecured as at 20 and 21, respectively, to; the sides and bottom 23 of the drawer. The sides 22, for economy in construction, are suitably only about half as high .as the front 16 and are formed of separate pieces of sheet metal with the upper edges bent upon themselves, as in:

dicated at 24-, so as to" present rounded in stead of sharp edges for obvious reasons, and to make the sides stiff enough so they wont buckle; The bottom 23 has the side edges thereof turned up to provide flanges 25 arranged to be spot-welded to the sides 22'. The back 26 is suitably formed in one piece with the bottom 23 and likewise has" the side edges bent to provide flanges 27 for spotwelding the back to the sides 22 .The construction is obviously eXtremely simpleand economical and is, moreover, tolerably sturdy, considering the use to which the drawer is' arranged to be put.

7 The drawer .15 is arranged to operate on guides indicated generally at 29 and 30pr'0-" vided at opposite sides of the burner boX' com partment. Since the guides are of substan tially identical form the description of one will suihce for both. Referring, therefore, to Fig. 3 showing the left hand guide 30 pro vided'alongside the end wall 11 in the burner box compartment, it will be observed that theguide' is formed from a single piece of sheet metal providing an inturned guide flange 31 for slidably receiving the drawer in a manner presently to be described, anoutturned flange or offset32resting on thebot-' tom 12 of the burner box compartmentso' as to hold the guide in proper position to sup port'the drawer off the bottom for easy operation thereof and keep the guide flange 31 properly spaced from the end wall 11, and a do-wnturned flange 33 on the edge of the flange 32 entered between the end wall 11 and the downturned side flange 34 of the bottom 12 to permit bolting, or otherwise suitably securing, the guide with the end wall 11 and bottom 12 to the base band 14. The guide flange 31 is received in a slide 35 provided on the side of the drawer in the form of an inwardly directed longitudinally extending rib. The back 26 of the drawer is notched, as appears at 36 (see Fig. 4) to allow passage of the flange 81 therethrough. It has been found that the guides 29 and 30 constructed in the manner described and cooperating with slides 35 formed in the sides of the drawer provide firm support for the drawer even when the same is pulled out almost all the way and that the drawer operates smoothly and noiselessly and with very little effort. It is believed the foregoing description con veys a clear understanding of our invention and while reference has been made to certain specific details of construction it should be evident that these are susceptible of modification without seriously departing from the spirit of the invention. For that reason the appended claims should be construed as broadly as possible, consistent with the state of the prior art.

We claim:

1. In a stove construction, the combination in the burner box compartment beneath the cooking top, of. a drawer slidable into and out of said compartment, and a pair of guides in said compartment at opposite sides thereof for slidably supporting the drawer, each of said guides being made of a single piece of sheet metal vertically disposed alongside the drawer having an inturned flange formed at the upper edge thereof for supporting the drawer, said drawer being provided with a slide to rest on said flange so as to operate back andforth thereon and be sup-ported thereby, and each of said guides being further formed at the lower edge thereof with an outturned flange resting on the bottom of said compartment so as to hold the drawer at a predetermined elevation with respect to the bottom, the said flange extending to the adj acent side wall so as furtherto serve to hold the guide in proper spaced relation to said side wall. I q

2. In a stove construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein the bottom wall of said compartment has a downturned flange at the side 1 wherein the sides of said drawer are made of sheet metal crimped longitudinally intermediate its upper and lower edges to provide a longitudinally extending rib arranged to receive the inturned flange of the guide whereby the same is adapted to serve as a slide for the drawer.

4. A stove construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein the sides of said drawer are made of sheet metal crimped longitudinally intermediate its upper and lower edges to provide a longitudinally extending rib arranged to receive the inturned flange of the guide whereby the same is adapted to serve as a slide for the drawer, the back wall of said drawer being notched in register with the aforesaid slide to permit the extension therethrough of the guide flange.

5. In a stove construction, the combination in the burner box compartment beneath the cooking top, of a drawer slidable into and out of said compartment, and a pair of guides in said compartment atopposite sidesthereof for slidably supporting the drawer, each of said guides being formed from a single piece of sheet metal vertically disposed alongside the drawer having an inturned flange formed at the upper edge thereof for supporting the drawer, said drawer being provided with a slide to rest on said flange so as to operate back and forth thereon and be supported thereby, and each of said guides having the lower edge thereof reaching down between the side wall of the burner box compartment and a down-turned flange formed on the bottom wall of said compartment whereby the guide is adapted to be secured jointly with the bottom and side walls.

6. In a stove construction, the combination in the burner box compartment beneath the cooking top, of a drawer slidable into and out of said compartment, and a pair of guides in said compartment at opposite sides thereof for slidably supporting the drawer, each of said guides being formed from a single piece of sheet metal vertically disposed alongside the drawer having an inturned flange formed on one longitudinal edge thereof for supporting the drawer, said drawer being provided with a slide to rest on said flange so as to operate back and forth thereon and be supported thereby, and each of said guides having the vertical portion thereof abutting the side wall of said compartment so as to hold the drawer in a predetermined spaced relation to said side walls and said guides being fastened in such position with the inturned flanges disposed at the proper elevation supporting the drawer in a predetermined spaced relation to the bottom wall of said compartment.

7. A stove construction as set forth in claim 6 wherein the sides of said drawer are made of sheet metal crimped longitudinally intermediate its upper and lower edges to provide a longitudinally extending rib arranged to receive the inturned flange of the guide whereby the same i sadapted to serve as a slide for the drawer.

8. A stove construction as set forth in claim 6 wherein the sides of said drawer are made of sheet metal crimped longitudinally inter mediate its upper and lower edges to provide a longitudinally extending rib arranged to receive the inturned flange of the guide whereby the same is adapted to serve as a slide for the drawer, the back wall of said drawer being notched in register with the aforesaid slide to permit the extension therethrough of the guide flange.

In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed our signatures.

PETER I. HOLLMAN. HJALMER E. THELEN. 

